Rail passengers

Information is provided here for employers and employees on health in the work place generally, specific health issues, healthy lifestyles and managing health risks.

Advice and guidance on occupational health matters for railway managers and employees.

How we are informed when a serious incident occurs and how we work with other bodies in the railway to find out what has happened and why, and the range of our formal enforcement powers under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

An overview of railway licensing in Great Britain.

Our safety and economic functions are driven by legislation, and we are accountable to Parliament and the public.

Some fares are regulated by government, who controls their price, while others are not, and train operators are free to set them.

We regulate access to station and light maintenance depots by approving new station and depot access agreements and approving amendments to existing station and depot access agreements.

How the Office of Rail and Road is funded.